April 1995
Sustainable Ag Debuts on World Wide Web
Farmers, ranchers, farm advisors, consumers, and reporters can now find out what's happening in California sustainable agriculture research and education by accessing the UC Davis based Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program's (SAREP) "home page" on the World Wide Web. The Web is an extraordinary network of electronic information on the Internet. Anyone with a computer and access to the Internet can browse the Web. Farm advisors wanting to find information on cover crops (plants grown to improve soil), leafhoppers, postharvest heat treatments, or other topics can log onto SAREP's home page and point their computer cursor at the words "critical component research." The Web allows electronic visitors to "step into" descriptions of SAREP funded research projects on all these topics. "We have this information available in hard copy, but it's great to have another way to get detailed research data out," says Jill Shore Auburn, SAREP's associate director. A researcher can download the "Dairy Debate" stack for Macintosh computers and find out about bovine growth hormone. The dates and times of SAREP sponsored meetings on field crops, landscape issues or other topics are listed. There's "downloadable" software for a cover crop database, lists of publications and videos, and information on back issues of the program's quarterly newsletter. Consumers can find out about SAREP projects on urban/rural ag coalitions, and researchers interested in farm labor can read the summary of a publication on year 'round farm employment. Access SAREP's home page at http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/
Media Contacts:
Lyra Halprin, (530) 752-8664, lhalprin@ucdavis.edu
